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He has held the number one spot in the Official World Golf Ranking and until 2013 held the record for weeks ranked in the top ten with 788. [3] [4] Els rose to fifteenth in the world rankings after winning the 2012 Open Championship. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2010, on his first time on the ballot, and was inducted in May ...
Two other halls of fame have been merged into the World Golf Hall of Fame. The PGA of America established one in 1940, which was merged into the Pinehurst Hall in the 1980s. The Hall of Fame of Women's Golf was established by the LPGA in 1951, with four charter members: Patty Berg, Betty Jameson, Louise Suggs, and Babe Zaharias.
27 February – Martin Kaymer became the new world Number 1 succeeding Lee Westwood after finishing second in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. He was the first German World number 1 after Bernhard Langer. 12 April – The Sunshine Tour announced that it will host a new World Golf Championships tournament starting in 2012.
Ernie Els won the Principal Charity Classic on Sunday for his fourth career PGA Tour Champions victory, closing with a 7-under 65 at Wakonda Club to beat defending champion Stephen Ames by two ...
Pages in category "World Golf Hall of Fame inductees" The following 164 pages are in this category, out of 164 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The golf hall was located in Pinehurst from 1974 to 1998, before it was moved to St. Augustine, Florida. Gov. Roy Cooper said it “makes perfect sense” for the hall to be located in Pinehurst.
Charles Barkley paused coverage of the golfing exhibition to inform Johnson that he had been elected to the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Barkley said while making the announcement he was the ...
McIlroy also returned to number 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking. World Golf Championships. 22–26 February: WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship – American Hunter Mahan won his second WGC tournament, beating Rory McIlroy 2&1. McIlroy would have risen to number 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking if he had won. [1]